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mrogers
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Well after an episode with no sound at all, analog or azalia. My Kalyway crashed and died. Assesed the issue,(disk0s1 plugged into sata port 2 not 1), reformmated, applied the drivers and now everything works flawlessly including azalia and wifi. 10-15 sec boot times and full 64 bit !!!! I cant wait for ProTools as this will be solely my recording rig. My specs:

Antec Sonata III w/ 500W EarthWatts

Asus p5k premium wifi BIOS:0504 w/ Azalia

Intel C2D 6850 3.0Ghz - upgrading to Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 OC to 3.5Ghz

Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120

1 x Seagate 7200.11 500GB

1x Vantec Northstar 2x e-sata w/ Seagate 7200.11 500GB

4GB Mushkin HP6400 800mhz - upgrading to 8 GB next week.

EVGA 8800 GT 256Mb 1.7Ghz

 

I'm considering that motherboard with a quad core Q6600. Do all 6 SATA ports work for you on that board?

=-Devin-=
=-Devin-=
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"1 Copy of a properly prepared Brazilmac disk

1 Copy of the Kalyway boot prepare cd for Leopard"

 

Can I use iATKOS 10.5.1 instead of a BrazilMac disk?

I have Kalyway boot prepare cd too, but want to know if I can use that with iATKOS.

MortnT
MortnT
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I followed the guide and everything works perfectly. However, I have two questions. First of all: is it safe for me to update to 10.5.1 using Software Update? I haven't tried it yet because I'm affraid it'll screw up things. Secondly: I have a mouse tearing issue in applications like Firefox. Is there a decent fix around for this?

shinji257
shinji257
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Ok. I'm thinking about attempting this but question. Does this allow me to use both cores on my E1705? I know with 10.4.x there was a known issue where you couldn't do that and you had to use the CPUS=1 kernel option so that it would only use one core to make it work right.

mrogers
mrogers
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Well after an episode with no sound at all, analog or azalia. My Kalyway crashed and died. Assesed the issue,(disk0s1 plugged into sata port 2 not 1), reformmated, applied the drivers and now everything works flawlessly including azalia and wifi. 10-15 sec boot times and full 64 bit !!!! I cant wait for ProTools as this will be solely my recording rig. My specs:

Antec Sonata III w/ 500W EarthWatts

Asus p5k premium wifi BIOS:0504 w/ Azalia

Intel C2D 6850 3.0Ghz - upgrading to Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 OC to 3.5Ghz

Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120

1 x Seagate 7200.11 500GB

1x Vantec Northstar 2x e-sata w/ Seagate 7200.11 500GB

4GB Mushkin HP6400 800mhz - upgrading to 8 GB next week.

EVGA 8800 GT 256Mb 1.7Ghz

 

Thanks for the reply about the SATA ports. Let me ask you (or anyone who knows) another question. You said you had issues with the Kalyway install. When you reinstalled and fixed the problem, did you use Kalyway again or did you use the method detailed in this thread?

 

On that note, I've been reading and reading and reading and I'm not entirely clear what the differences/advantages would be to using this "Leopard perfect install" method as opposed to the Kalyway DVD. I am trying to learn, and I would really appreciate it if someone with experience could quickly sum it up for me. My primary goal, of course, is to have my hackintosh be -- software-wise -- completely indistinguishable from my real Mac. I'm pretty sure what I want is to be running the "vanilla" kernel. Help? Thanks :(

Lester56
Lester56
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I followed the guide and everything works perfectly. However, I have two questions. First of all: is it safe for me to update to 10.5.1 using Software Update?
YES! It is perfectly safe to use Software Update.
On that note, I've been reading and reading and reading and I'm not entirely clear what the differences/advantages would be to using this "Leopard perfect install" method as opposed to the Kalyway DVD. I am trying to learn, and I would really appreciate it if someone with experience could quickly sum it up for me. My primary goal, of course, is to have my hackintosh be -- software-wise -- completely indistinguishable from my real Mac. I'm pretty sure what I want is to be running the "vanilla" kernel. Help? Thanks :wacko:
I followed the guide to the letter....I created my own Kalyway DVD using a Leopard license purchased from the Apple store. I found and downloaded the CD, and the files for the USB dongle. Using these 3 objects, Dongle, CD, and DVD the install is perfect and my OSX cannot tell the difference from my $550 PC and the $2200 UberMac. Runs perfect, boots perfect, restarts perfect, networks perfect, etc etc.Leopard truly beats the pants off Vista.
Maconvert
Maconvert
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YES! It is perfectly safe to use Software Update.I followed the guide to the letter....I created my own Kalyway DVD using a Leopard license purchased from the Apple store. I found and downloaded the CD, and the files for the USB dongle. Using these 3 objects, Dongle, CD, and DVD the install is perfect and my OSX cannot tell the difference from my $550 PC and the $2200 UberMac. Runs perfect, boots perfect, restarts perfect, networks perfect, etc etc.Leopard truly beats the pants off Vista.

 

Hi Lester56,

 

I've been sort of following 2 threads, this one and the one for people with the Bad-Axe 2 motherboard. My system has an Intel D975XBX2 mobo, an nVidia 8800 GTX video card, and 4GB of RAM. I feel pretty confident that, when I actually have the time to devote to it, I am going to be able to get this running well.

 

That being said, I have some questions for you:

 

1)

I've downloaded the Kalyway ISO, so I think I have that covered. How big was your Kalyway DVD? I want to make sure that I downloaded the right one.

 

2)

As for the dongle files, what is the exact filename that you downloaded (i.e. ?.zip, ?.iso, ?.rar,???, etc)? Is it the package where you have to rename your USB thumb drive to "Patch"?

 

3)

You mentioned a CD that is separate from the Kalyway DVD, what ISO (I'm assuming it's an ISO file) did you download for this?

 

 

Anyway, thanks in advance for your help with this. This forum is really great, probably the best one I've been on. Everybody is really helpful. Microsoft is doomed!

 

:D

 

Cheers.

MortnT
MortnT
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...is it safe for me to update to 10.5.1 using Software Update?

YES! It is perfectly safe to use Software Update.

Indeed, the update worked fine! After the installation however, I couldn't choose the proper screen resolution from the Displays menu in System Preferences. This topic fixed my problem. Thanks :)

 

PS: Can I now safely install the 2007-009 Security Update as well?

riot
riot
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Intel GMA 950:

 

Chipset Model: GMA 950

Type: Display

Bus: Built-In

VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory

Vendor: Intel (0x8086)

Device ID: 0x2772

Revision ID: 0x0002

 

 

anyone know how to get it to recognize as 128 MB VRAM? 64 is not correct as far as i know.

mvolker
mvolker
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Hello guys...

 

I need some help for my situation ...

 

I have a sony laptop VGN-CR260 that it has a motherboard sony, x3100 video card, Toshiba hard disk and I probed with the following leopard 10.5.1 hackintosh patches:

1.- Kalliway (doesen't boot)

2.- IAtkos V1.0i (doesen't boot, white screen)

3.- ToH RC2 (doesen't boot, problems with files)

4.- BrazilMac (doesen't boot)

 

5.- JaS (Tiger 10.4.8), it's worked but I had problems with my wireless 4965a/g/n and sound.

 

What can I do?

 

Somebody would help me?. please...

 

I need yours help...

 

Thanks...

Stravaganza
Stravaganza
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1.- Kalliway (doesen't boot)

2.- IAtkos V1.0i (doesen't boot, white screen)

3.- ToH RC2 (doesen't boot, problems with files)

4.- BrazilMac (doesen't boot)

5.- JaS (Tiger 10.4.8), it's worked but I had problems with my wireless 4965a/g/n and sound.

Would you care to elaborate them? (If all you gonna say is doesen't boot, then all I can say is I don't know, maybe stick with option 5 because it sounds better than the others.)

--S

deleted_account
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YES! It is perfectly safe to use Software Update.I followed the guide to the letter....I created my own Kalyway DVD using a Leopard license purchased from the Apple store. I found and downloaded the CD, and the files for the USB dongle. Using these 3 objects, Dongle, CD, and DVD the install is perfect and my OSX cannot tell the difference from my $550 PC and the $2200 UberMac. Runs perfect, boots perfect, restarts perfect, networks perfect, etc etc.Leopard truly beats the pants off Vista.

 

USB dongle? Anyway, your leopard is legitimately licensed on an illigitimate hardware, which is just the same as not buying the software, but as long as they won't know on their end :) They won't right? For every update, they won't know? It's maybe the software with serials that might get knocked but OS should be fine? Great to share your info, leaves me very interested, since it was something I considered at one point, but was always shut-down by this idea.

 

Hello guys...

 

I need some help for my situation ...

 

I have a sony laptop VGN-CR260 that it has a motherboard sony, x3100 video card, Toshiba hard disk and I probed with the following leopard 10.5.1 hackintosh patches:

1.- Kalliway (doesen't boot)

2.- IAtkos V1.0i (doesen't boot, white screen)

3.- ToH RC2 (doesen't boot, problems with files)

4.- BrazilMac (doesen't boot)

 

5.- JaS (Tiger 10.4.8), it's worked but I had problems with my wireless 4965a/g/n and sound.

 

What can I do?

 

Somebody would help me?. please...

 

I need yours help...

 

Thanks...

 

hmm...like above poster said, try elaborating more. All I can tell you, NO ONE can help you with a post like this, possibly list your hardware instead of saying nothing works. For all I know, having 5 failed attempts, maybe there's something wrong here?!? Take this as a suggestion, it'll benefit you in the end.

Maconvert
Maconvert
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Hello,

 

This might be a stretch, but is it possible that some CD-Rom/DVD-Rom drives and/or BIOS settings are causing this problem (of not being able to boot the CD's)?

 

If so, are there any recommended DVD-Rom drives for use with a Hackintosh?

I have no problem with ditching the one I have, because that's a pretty minor expense (at least next to the mobo, graphics card, processor, and RAM).

 

Cheers.

mvolker
mvolker
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gramarye and Stravaganza,

 

My ingles isn't good (I'm from Argentine) but I try to explain better my problem...

 

I've a laptop sony model VGN-CR260 with the following devices:

 

post-176862-1201141363_thumb.jpg

 

 

... and the following partitions:

 

post-176862-1201141807_thumb.jpg

 

 

... and I've downloaded and burned on DVDs ...

 

1.- Kalliway

2.- IAtkos V1.0i

3.- ToH RC2

4.- BrazilMac

 

When I try to boot with any of these DVDs I had diferents errors on installations and I'dont know why ...

 

I'm new user of Mac and I tried too with Tiger (10.4.8 - JaS compilation) and it's works fine on installation but I didn't drivers for the sound card and wireless card ...

 

My question is ...

 

My laptop is compatible with any of these compilations? or maybe I doing something wrong when I trying to boot with these DVDs ...

 

I've burned these DVDs on windows vista with roxio program and I've checked all of then with their md5 sum.

 

Thanks

 

Regards.

 

 

 

Lester56
Lester56
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Hi Lester56,

 

1)

I've downloaded the Kalyway ISO, so I think I have that covered. How big was your Kalyway DVD? I want to make sure that I downloaded the right one.

 

2)

As for the dongle files, what is the exact filename that you downloaded (i.e. ?.zip, ?.iso, ?.rar,???, etc)? Is it the package where you have to rename your USB thumb drive to "Patch"?

 

3)

You mentioned a CD that is separate from the Kalyway DVD, what ISO (I'm assuming it's an ISO file) did you download for this?

 

1) I made my own install DVD using this guide with a file called BrazilMac-9a581-Patch.zip and the Leopard install DVD I purchased. Would you like a copy of the finished (patched) DVD?

 

2) Search for pci_efi_v52

 

3) Search for Format & Make Bootable HD for Leopard.iso.zip, approx 196.1 Mb

Stravaganza
Stravaganza
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gramarye and Stravaganza,

When I try to boot with any of these DVDs I had diferents errors on installations and I'dont know why ...

 

I tried too with Tiger (10.4.8 - JaS compilation) and it's works fine on installation but I didn't drivers for the sound card and wireless card ...

 

My question is ...

My laptop is compatible with any of these compilations?

Your English is just fine. No need to apologize for that.

 

What I want to see is exactly what error messages you get when the system failed to boot with each of four different installation methods for Leopard. If you really want to install Leopard on your system, you should ask people with exact error messages. (Even with this specificity, people have hard time to get the right reason. So the specific questions really help others who try to help you.) Also you may want to specify about which booting you are getting errors, i.e. first time booting after installation or booting before the installation, etc...

 

And as gramarye pointed out, it's better to give your not-working hardware specifications to others too. (Although you gave the model number for your SONY laptop, it's up to you to give detailed specifications of the components because really no one wants to go to SONY website to find out that the laptop has, for example, High Definition Audio not the audio model number. To do so, download some Linux live CD such as Ubuntu and run it to figure out the hardware specifications boot with your Linux system and gather not-working hardware information, in your case audio model.)

 

From what you gave, the wireless is likely not working for Tiger or Leopard because Intel wireless card never been adapted as Airport (i.e. no available Apple driver for Intel wireless cards) and no third party working driver is available yet. You may want to replace the wireless card. (It is not what it sounds like. It's easy. It's cheap too. I replaced my Intel wireless card with something else for 6.75 USD total. And I have wireless access now.) You may want to read http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=34071 first before you buy anything.

 

I looked at HCL 10.5.0 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.0/Portables) and 10.5.1 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.1/Portables) but couldn't find your model. But I do not believe your machine is not suitable for Leopard because Tiger installation is just fine and because Leopard should support all the hardwares what Tiger supports (i.e. backward compatibility). And I believe that all of the compilations should work on your system, at least proper booting possibly after some post-patch steps (even if none of them gives you 100% working system right from the start) because you have an Intel processor and an Intel motherboard with ICHx.

 

Good luck.

--S

mvolker
mvolker
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Your English is just fine. No need to apologize for that.

 

What I want to see is exactly what error messages you get when the system failed to boot with each of four different installation methods for Leopard. If you really want to install Leopard on your system, you should ask people with exact error messages. (Even with this specificity, people have hard time to get the right reason. So the specific questions really help others who try to help you.) Also you may want to specify about which booting you are getting errors, i.e. first time booting after installation or booting before the installation, etc...

 

And as gramarye pointed out, it's better to give your not-working hardware specifications to others too. (Although you gave the model number for your SONY laptop, it's up to you to give detailed specifications of the components because really no one wants to go to SONY website to find out that the laptop has, for example, High Definition Audio not the audio model number. To do so, download some Linux live CD such as Ubuntu and run it to figure out the hardware specifications boot with your Linux system and gather not-working hardware information, in your case audio model.)

 

From what you gave, the wireless is likely not working for Tiger or Leopard because Intel wireless card never been adapted as Airport (i.e. no available Apple driver for Intel wireless cards) and no third party working driver is available yet. You may want to replace the wireless card. (It is not what it sounds like. It's easy. It's cheap too. I replaced my Intel wireless card with something else for 6.75 USD total. And I have wireless access now.) You may want to read http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=34071 first before you buy anything.

 

I looked at HCL 10.5.0 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.0/Portables) and 10.5.1 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.1/Portables) but couldn't find your model. But I do not believe your machine is not suitable for Leopard because Tiger installation is just fine and because Leopard should support all the hardwares what Tiger supports (i.e. backward compatibility). And I believe that all of the compilations should work on your system, at least proper booting possibly after some post-patch steps (even if none of them gives you 100% working system right from the start) because you have an Intel processor and an Intel motherboard with ICHx.

 

Good luck.

--S

 

 

 

Thank you!.

 

I'll gather more information of my devices from my linux installation and then I'll post on this place.

 

Regards.

milmacman
milmacman
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Hello guys...

 

I need some help for my situation ...

 

I have a sony laptop VGN-CR260 that it has a motherboard sony, x3100 video card, Toshiba hard disk and I probed with the following leopard 10.5.1 hackintosh patches:

1.- Kalliway (doesen't boot)

2.- IAtkos V1.0i (doesen't boot, white screen)

3.- ToH RC2 (doesen't boot, problems with files)

4.- BrazilMac (doesen't boot)

 

5.- JaS (Tiger 10.4.8), it's worked but I had problems with my wireless 4965a/g/n and sound.

 

What can I do?

 

Somebody would help me?. please...

 

I need yours help...

 

Thanks...

 

On iATKOS--what do you mean by "white screen?"

 

Secondly, can you get to the bootloader?

 

If you can, there should be something that says "boot:"

 

Hit -v (instead of an apple logo, this prints out everything). If that loads, look for anything that the Darwin loader doesn't recognize.

 

If necessary, also try with -x as well. This is safe mode.

 

I had to do this when I tried Kalyway, and I was at least able to get into the installer.

Maconvert
Maconvert
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1) I made my own install DVD using this guide with a file called BrazilMac-9a581-Patch.zip and the Leopard install DVD I purchased. Would you like a copy of the finished (patched) DVD?

 

2) Search for pci_efi_v52

 

3) Search for Format & Make Bootable HD for Leopard.iso.zip, approx 196.1 Mb

 

Seriously!?

 

That would be great!

 

How would I get it from you?

 

Please let me know.

 

Regards.

 

P.S. I really appreciate this.

Maconvert
Maconvert
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1) I made my own install DVD using this guide with a file called BrazilMac-9a581-Patch.zip and the Leopard install DVD I purchased. Would you like a copy of the finished (patched) DVD?

 

2) Search for pci_efi_v52

 

3) Search for Format & Make Bootable HD for Leopard.iso.zip, approx 196.1 Mb

 

I think I've already downloaded #1 and I appear to be in the process of downloading an already patched DVD ISO of Leopard WITH the BrazilMac patch.

 

I can't seem to find #2 (pci_efi_v52).

 

I think I am in the process of downloading #3.

mvolker
mvolker
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Your English is just fine. No need to apologize for that.

 

What I want to see is exactly what error messages you get when the system failed to boot with each of four different installation methods for Leopard. If you really want to install Leopard on your system, you should ask people with exact error messages. (Even with this specificity, people have hard time to get the right reason. So the specific questions really help others who try to help you.) Also you may want to specify about which booting you are getting errors, i.e. first time booting after installation or booting before the installation, etc...

 

And as gramarye pointed out, it's better to give your not-working hardware specifications to others too. (Although you gave the model number for your SONY laptop, it's up to you to give detailed specifications of the components because really no one wants to go to SONY website to find out that the laptop has, for example, High Definition Audio not the audio model number. To do so, download some Linux live CD such as Ubuntu and run it to figure out the hardware specifications boot with your Linux system and gather not-working hardware information, in your case audio model.)

 

From what you gave, the wireless is likely not working for Tiger or Leopard because Intel wireless card never been adapted as Airport (i.e. no available Apple driver for Intel wireless cards) and no third party working driver is available yet. You may want to replace the wireless card. (It is not what it sounds like. It's easy. It's cheap too. I replaced my Intel wireless card with something else for 6.75 USD total. And I have wireless access now.) You may want to read http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=34071 first before you buy anything.

 

I looked at HCL 10.5.0 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.0/Portables) and 10.5.1 (http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...0.5.1/Portables) but couldn't find your model. But I do not believe your machine is not suitable for Leopard because Tiger installation is just fine and because Leopard should support all the hardwares what Tiger supports (i.e. backward compatibility). And I believe that all of the compilations should work on your system, at least proper booting possibly after some post-patch steps (even if none of them gives you 100% working system right from the start) because you have an Intel processor and an Intel motherboard with ICHx.

 

Good luck.

--S

 

 

Thank you for your patience...

 

This is the list of my devices extracted from ubuntu...

 

SONY VGN-CR260F/L

 

mariano@mariano-laptop:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4 (rev 03)

00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)

00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)

02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

08:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller

08:07.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

08:07.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

 

 

Actually, I'm trying to follow the Lester56 instructions.

 

1) I've downloaded BrazilMac-9a581-Patch.zip.

2) I don't know where can I find pci_efi_v52.

3) I've downloading Format & Make Bootable HD for Leopard.iso.zip, approx 196.1 Mb file.

 

and ... I'll need more instructions for this intent...

 

 

Regards :angel:

Lester56
Lester56
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Hello,

 

This might be a stretch, but is it possible that some CD-Rom/DVD-Rom drives and/or BIOS settings are causing this problem (of not being able to boot the CD's)?

 

If so, are there any recommended DVD-Rom drives for use with a Hackintosh?

I have no problem with ditching the one I have, because that's a pretty minor expense (at least next to the mobo, graphics card, processor, and RAM).

 

Cheers.

 

Read my Signature! All of my working hardware is listed there. Same as OneTrack's.

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